Complex Systems

  • Abstract Organism
  • Artificial Life
  • Evolution and Dynamics
  • Modelling Methods

This book explores the process of modeling complex systems in the widest sense of that term, drawing on examples from such diverse fields as ecology, epidemiology, sociology, seismology, as well as economics. It also provides the mathematical tools for studying the dynamics of these systems. Boccara takes a carefully inductive approach in defining what it means for a system to be 'complex'. This is the first text on the subject to draw comprehensive conclusions from such a wide range of analogous phenomena.